--- title: Explain the significance of the journeyman's intervention in relatio… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Explain the significance of the journeyman's intervention in relation to the Smith's imminent execution. Exam question 3 of lesson 422 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith burns the seigneur, then the Demon saves him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/422-pg22373-part14/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/422-pg22373-part14/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith bur… Explain the significance of the journeyman's intervention in relation to the Smith's imminent execution. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, journeyman, Smith · **What happens:** explain, intervene, execute · **To what, where:** significance, imminent execution, relation This is exam question 3 of lesson 422 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith burns the seigneur, then the Demon saves him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/422-pg22373-part14/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e3:1 # text = Explain the significance of the journeyman's intervention in relation to the Smith's imminent execution. 1 Explain explain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 significance significance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 journeyman journeyman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 intervention intervention NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 relation relation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Smith Smith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 imminent imminent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 execution execution NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the significance of the journeyman's intervention | the Smith's imminent execution | relation | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent significance=Topic to execution=Recipient | | 2 | **intervene** | | the journeyman | | | | | | nom intervention «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 3 | **execute** | | the Smith | | | | | | nom execution «act transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He arrives to watch the hanging ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e3:o1:1 # text = He arrives to watch the hanging 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 arrives arrive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hanging hanging NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | present | He | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the hanging | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hanging=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He appears and frees the Smith by pleading with the servants ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e3:o2:1 # text = He appears and frees the Smith by pleading with the servants 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 frees free VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Smith Smith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 by by SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 pleading plead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | present | He | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **free** | present | He *not said here* | the Smith | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer smith=Source | | 3 | **plead** *speech: request* | gerund | He *not said here* | | | | | with the servants | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He arrives and secures the Smith's release by bringing the revived seigneur ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e3:o3:1 # text = He arrives and secures the Smith's release by bringing the revived seigneur 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 arrives arrive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 secures secure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Smith Smith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 release release NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 by by SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 revived revive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 seigneur seigneur NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | present | He | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **secure** | present | He *not said here* | the Smith's release | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition release=Theme | | 3 | **bring** | gerund | He *not said here* | the revived seigneur | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent seigneur=Theme | | 4 | **revive** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He returns and wins the Smith's freedom by showing the lady her husband alive ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e3:o4:1 # text = He returns and wins the Smith's freedom by showing the lady her husband alive 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 returns return VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Smith Smith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 by by SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 15 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | present | He | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **win** | present | He *not said here* | the Smith's freedom | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freedom=Eventuality | | 3 | **show** | gerund | He *not said here* | | the lady | | | alive *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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